Originally Posted by
Angilasman
Honestly, I don't care. Jurassic Park came out when I was 5, so realistic CGI has been a thing for as long as I can remember, and while I certainly love a lot of digital effects and many are incredibly beautiful and I know that the possibilities of digital really make a lot of previously impossible things possible... but I've always gravitated towards old-school, practical effects in terms of sheer enjoyment. I love miniatures, monster costumes, stop-motion creatures, matte paintings, makeup effects, and puppets. I've always thought those types of things look so cool. I never saw them as fake or unrealistic, but stylized. When I watched the original King Kong as a kid I didn't think the effects where are antiquated, I thought, even as an unsophisticated kid; "ah, this film is made in a different style!"
Ray Harryhausen once said that if you make an effect too realistic you bring it down to the level of the mundane. In Bong Joon Ho's film Parasite the main setting, the house, is a digital effect. It's seamless, and it makes sense in the context of this dramatic film that the digital effect be absolutely seamless and realistic. Now, when you're dealing with a fantasy character like Mothra or Ultraman why is it necessary to adhere to realism? That's just how I approach things in my mind.